My 600-lb Life
TV Show • 2012 • Reality
ReportTLC's My 600-lb Life documents the seven-year journey four individuals undertake to escape obesity and regain control of their lives.
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Steven Assanti keeps his cat in filthy conditions
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Child sexual abuse is one of the main reasons that patients overeat
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Sexual abuse is one of the reasons for the patients overeating
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If you follow what happens post show, a couple patients died via suicide. Some mention their struggles on the show, too.
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Is there domestic violence?
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If you follow what happens post show, a couple patients died via suicide. Some mention their struggles on the show, too.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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It depends on what episode you watch.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Steven Assanti has hideously misshapen feet
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Are there bugs?
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One woman has maggots eating away at her
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Patients are constantly out of breath due to their weight
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Does a major character die?
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Some patients have died after filming.
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Does the black guy die first?
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The first patient to die is black, though his obesity is not the cause
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Alcoholism is a constant in the childhoods of the patients.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Patients constantly struggle to fit inside of cars, seats, etc
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Does someone die?
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Some patients have died after filming.
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Is there a shower scene?
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Characters are seen taking showers (and struggling to do so due to their size)
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Is there blood/gore?
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
Along with footage of surgery, there’s plenty of graphic imagery of the patients’ obesity-related complications. One of the most infamous is the “barnacles,” the lumps formed on some patients’ legs after the fat cuts off their circulation
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Is someone tortured?
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Many people on the show are slowly dying due to the “prison” their bodies have become. It is extremely painful
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Is there addiction?
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
Food addiction is the major issue of the show
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Is there pedophilia?
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A lot of the patients have been assulted as a child
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Are there nude scenes?
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It's blurred, but shower scenes are common. A lot are also naked while bed ridden.
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Many of the patients were abused as children, driving them to eat out of stress
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Is there sexual content?
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Lots of nudity. Lisa Fleming speaks very frankly about sex in her episode, trading junk food for sexual favors
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Characters frequently have meltdowns
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Are there abusive parents?
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Common cause for why they gained so much weight.
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Does a family member die?
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Some stories mention a loved one's death being the reason why they gained so much weight.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Does a car crash?
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Characters struggle to fit in the car, but no crashes
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Steven Assanti is addicted to painkillers
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Does someone vomit?
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Amber vomits during a car ride. It is a lengthy scene. She assures her parents that she's okay and that it's just "bile."
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Is there a hospital scene?
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
Almost the entire show takes place in a hospital
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Mental Health
Does someone have an eating disorder?
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sammmhhr
This is literally what the whole show ls about
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